
"Radiation of 400 milisievert per hour have been detected in the vicinity of the reactor building number 3 at 10:22 pm (local time),''said Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan, Yukio Edano, as quoted by NHK, on Tuesday (15 / 3). This figure, called him, was high enough to affect human health.
Edano also said that the possibility of a large vessel from the reactor 2 nuclear power plant has been damaged. Three reactor that exploded, I was him, out of dangerous radioactive material.
Figures 400 or 400 thousand mikrosievert milisievert is three times higher than acceptable levels of radiation humans. Exposure to radiation from that level could trigger the loss of white blood cells.